audiphone

American

[aw-duh-fohn] / ˈɔ dəˌfoʊn /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

a kind of diaphragm held against the upper teeth to assist hearing by transmitting sound vibrations to the auditory nerve.

audiphone British

/ ˈɔːdɪˌfəʊn /

noun

a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of audiphone

1875–80, audi(o)- + -phone, modeled on telephone

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

audiphone

I gathered up my little audiphone, thrust it under my dark flowing cloak.

From Wandl the Invader by Cummings, Ray

"You—can you raise Great New York on the audiphone, Hendrick?"

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various

As my grip upon him made audiphone contact, his agonized scream rattled the diaphragms of my ear grids with horrible, deafening intensity.

From Brigands of the Moon by Cummings, Ray

Grantline's voice in my audiphone broke my despairing rush of thoughts.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 by Bates, Harry

The audiphone brought her comment: "Perhaps he has gone." ut he had not.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023